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In these dire times for the news industry, the birth of a news organization is a rare bright spot. We hope KFF Health News will make a vital contribution by covering health care policy and politics, as well as trends in the industry and delivery of care. With …
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Dec 19, 2017 · Street medicine providers and homeless outreach workers who travel into Las Vegas’ drainage tunnels have noticed an uptick in the number of people living underground, and it can be difficult to persuade them to come aboveground for medicine and treatment.
The New Covid Vaccine Is Out. Why You Might Not Want To Rush …
Aug 26, 2024 · Public health officials note that even with more cases this summer, people seem to be managing their sickness at home. “We did see a little rise in the number of cases, but it didn’t have a significant impact in terms of hospitalizations and emergency room visits,” said Manisha Juthani, public health commissioner of Connecticut, at a news briefing Aug. 21.
Listen: NPR and KFF Health News Explore How Racism and …
1 day ago · Silence in Sikeston explores what it means to live with racism and violence, told from a Missouri community where two Black men were killed nearly 80 years apart.Silence in Sikeston is a multimedia collaboration with Retro Report and GBH’s WORLD that includes a limited-series podcast about the public health consequences of systemic bias and a documentary film diving into how this rural ...
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KFF Health News Leadership. Alex Wayne, Executive Editor, previously worked for Bloomberg News, where he led coverage of the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidencies and reported on health care policy, including the development of the Affordable Care Act.In 2020, he helped manage and edit articles about the coronavirus’ infiltration of Trump’s White House that won the Gerald R. Ford ...
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20 hours ago · Summaries Of The News: Capitol Watch Storm Quiets DC, But Vote Certification Will Go On; J6 Victims Feel 'Betrayed' Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over today's election certification process, which was changed in 2022 to …
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4 days ago · Two groups of investigators today fleshed out fuller clinical understanding of North American patients recently infected with H5N1 avian influenza, one of them describing a Canadian teen who had a severe infection and the other reviewing illness features of 46 US patients, most of whom had mild ...
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5 days ago · KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill. December 19, 2024 Podcast Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate successfully negotiated an enormous end-of-Congress health package, including bipartisan efforts to address prescription drug prices — only to see it blown up at the last minute after Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump applied pressure.
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He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two. By Harris Meyer December 19, 2024 KFF Health News Original. A man in Chicago with a troubling symptom underwent a common procedure. Then he wanted to know why the hospital charged nearly three times its own cost estimate.